I typed out a post last evening, then went to link a couple of items to what I’d written, only to have everything disappear when I tabbed back to it.  Technology is a wonderful thing.

I have been prepping food today for tomorrow’s big dinner.  Having company means that I do not want to spend the entire time they are here standing over the stove, washing dishes so as to make room for more, or forgetting things which I am prone to do if there are too many distractions.

So, the sweet potato pie, along with mashed sweet potatoes are done.  So are the regular mashed potatoes (with cream cheese).  Later this evening, I’ll prepare the stuffing and have the turkey ready to go in the oven by 8:30 tomorrow morning.

While I generally like to work under pressure (the “two minute warning” approach), I will admit that I have a lot of things organized by way of lists and mental notes.  This is my safety net – having a “plan”.  But with kids and a husband and a business that operates from home, things can fall apart at a moment’s notice.  Today, however, I am feeling smug in my pre-feast prep.

There are several knitting projects waiting in the queue – vest, mittens, shawl, baby blanket.  In an attempt to make it not seem that there were innumerable UFO’s, I have decided that these items are not so much object to be completed, as experiments in technique.  Feel free to use this line of thinking for your own UFO’s experiments.  I should mention that despite the number of items in progress, I came across "Korknisse" on the Ravelry site (still in beta mode, but accessible for preview).  The link to directions for these cute little folk can be found here.  I may need to make up some of these...

In other news, I had the great good fortune to attend this year’s Knitter’s Review Retreat.  You can read about it here.  The people were great, the food was great, the venue was great.  And there is so much talent out there.  Many thanks to all the lace knitters for their inspiration, and to Elaine for not only inspiration, but for so many helpful references and information on technique.  I could go on and on about the retreat, but will instead drop in references and information in upcoming posts, because I know you have better things to do right now besides reading blogs.

A very Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Peace & Love,

Liz